Science, sex and the kakapo

William J. Sutherland ()
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William J. Sutherland: the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia

Nature, 2002, vol. 419, issue 6904, 265-266

Abstract: Sex-allocation theory predicts how the sex ratio of offspring should vary with the mother's physical condition. Applying this theory has helped in retrieving a charismatic parrot from the edge of extinction.

Date: 2002
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